I teach, I train, I build, I explore, I write... then I drink root beer.
Darren Smith
Teaching · Development · AIInnovation Feud: a game-show review built from my students' own answersI ask 180 students a question in Top Hat, group their answers, and turn the results into a game-show board we play on the projector.
Development · AIPixel Pete the Cowboy SpriteI built a tiny cowboy who runs across my slides and makes jokes about grad school. Claude's version was awful. ChatGPT got it on the first try.
Teaching · DevelopmentSpeedGrader Pop-Out: grade on two screensA small browser script that moves the student's work into its own window, so SpeedGrader's rubric and comments get the whole screen.
Development · ResearchA Word macro for narrative Zotero citationsOne click turns a Zotero citation like (Smith & Jones, 2026) into Smith and Jones (2026), and Zotero still keeps track of it.